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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The part of a machine level instruction which tells the central processor what has to be done is known as |
| A. | opcode |
| B. | address |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | monitor |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. address | |
| 2. |
A system that is designed to make a tape or disk sense from copying is |
| A. | protocol |
| B. | protection |
| C. | queue |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. queue | |
| 3. |
Name the hardware equipment that a computer is made up of…….. |
| A. | monitor, the central processing unit (CPU), the keyboard, mouse, software and network |
| B. | monitor, the central processing unit (CPU), the keyboard, mouse, programs and network |
| C. | monitor, the central processing unit (CPU), the keyboard, mouse, printer and modem |
| D. | monitor, the central processing unit (CPU), the keyboard, mouse, applications and network |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. monitor, the central processing unit (CPU), the keyboard, mouse, applications and network | |
| 4. |
Any hardware component that allows youto enter data or instructions into a computer is called a(n)………….. |
| A. | printer |
| B. | storage device |
| C. | output device |
| D. | system unit |
| E. | input device |
| Answer» F. | |
| 5. |
GIF images can have only upto …………. colors |
| A. | 128 |
| B. | 256 |
| C. | 512 |
| D. | 1024 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 512 | |
| 6. |
The altering of data so that it is not usable unless the changes are undone is………. |
| A. | Biometrics |
| B. | Compression |
| C. | Encryption |
| D. | Ergonomics |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Ergonomics | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is a displayed listing of program option that users can select? |
| A. | Menu |
| B. | Block |
| C. | Data item |
| D. | File |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Block | |
| 8. |
Before a package can be used in a java program it must be ……….. |
| A. | executed |
| B. | referenced |
| C. | imported |
| D. | declared |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. declared | |
| 9. |
A…………is an example of an input device. |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Monitor |
| C. | Mouse |
| D. | CPU |
| E. | Both (a) & (c) |
| Answer» F. | |
| 10. |
What happens when you click on insert>Picture>Clip Art |
| A. | It inserts a clipart picture into document |
| B. | It lets you choose clipart to insert into document |
| C. | It opens Clip Art taskbar |
| D. | It insets symbols |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. It insets symbols | |
| 11. |
Expansion cards are inserted into : |
| A. | slots |
| B. | peripheral devices |
| C. | the CPU |
| D. | the back of the computer |
| E. | pegs |
| Answer» B. peripheral devices | |
| 12. |
A set of formats that has a name and can be quickly applied to selected text is called a(n)……… |
| A. | font |
| B. | style |
| C. | feature |
| D. | finish |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. feature | |
| 13. |
Why is the Caps Lock key refered to as a toggle key? |
| A. | Because its function goes back and forth every time it is pressed |
| B. | Because it cannot be used for entering numbers. |
| C. | Because it cannot be used to delete |
| D. | Because it cannot be used to insert |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Because it cannot be used for entering numbers. | |
| 14. |
A phenomenon in virtual memory schemes in which the processor spends most of the time swapping pages rather than executing instructions is : |
| A. | loading |
| B. | swapping |
| C. | thrashing |
| D. | aging |
| E. | digging |
| Answer» D. aging | |
| 15. |
You can use the………..bar to type a URL and display a Web page, or type a keyword to display a list of related Web pages. |
| A. | Menu |
| B. | Title |
| C. | Search |
| D. | Web |
| E. | Address |
| Answer» F. | |
| 16. |
Which of the following is a list-processing high-level language? |
| A. | APL |
| B. | LISP |
| C. | PROLOG |
| D. | ADA |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. PROLOG | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is an example of a binary number? |
| A. | 6AH1 |
| B. | 100101 |
| C. | 005 |
| D. | ABCD |
| E. | 23456 |
| Answer» C. 005 | |
| 18. |
The name of the location of a particular piece of data is its: |
| A. | address |
| B. | memory name |
| C. | storage site |
| D. | data location |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. memory name | |
| 19. |
AutoCorrect was originally designed to replace………..words as you type. |
| A. | Short, repetitive |
| B. | Grammatically incorrect |
| C. | Misspelled |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 20. |
An assembler is used to translate a program written in……….. |
| A. | a low level language |
| B. | machine language |
| C. | a high level language |
| D. | assembly language |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 21. |
Menus are a part of the |
| A. | hardware |
| B. | monitor |
| C. | Status Bar |
| D. | user interface |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 22. |
…………implies a combination of audio, video, text, animation and graphics. |
| A. | Special media |
| B. | Multiplexer |
| C. | Multiple |
| D. | Message-media |
| E. | Multimedia |
| Answer» F. | |
| 23. |
Network topology, consisting of nodes attached in a ring, without a host computer, is known as |
| A. | star |
| B. | ring |
| C. | bus |
| D. | tree |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. bus | |
| 24. |
Which function of a computer is responsible for permanent storage of data? |
| A. | storage |
| B. | output |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | memory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. output | |
| 25. |
An integrated circuit is : |
| A. | A complicated circuit |
| B. | An integrating device |
| C. | Much costlier than a single transistor |
| D. | Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 26. |
The patterns of printed lines on most products are called………… |
| A. | prices |
| B. | striping |
| C. | scanners |
| D. | OCR |
| E. | barcodes |
| Answer» F. | |
| 27. |
Restarting a computer that is already on is referred to as………. |
| A. | shutdown |
| B. | cold booting |
| C. | warm booting |
| D. | logging off |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. logging off | |
| 28. |
Plotters print |
| A. | with ball point pens |
| B. | with ink pens |
| C. | electrostatically |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 29. |
Which Excel feature enables predefined layouts to selected tables in the worksheet? |
| A. | Autoformat |
| B. | Header and Footers |
| C. | Undo and Redo |
| D. | Spelling and Grammar |
| E. | Autograph |
| Answer» B. Header and Footers | |
| 30. |
Which was the world’s first mini-computer and when was it introduced? |
| A. | PDP-I, 1958 |
| B. | IBM System/36, 1960 |
| C. | PDP-II, 1961 |
| D. | VAX 11/780, 1962 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. IBM System/36, 1960 | |
| 31. |
How much megabyte of data is typically stores in bubble device? |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 4 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 10 | |
| 32. |
Which operation is not performed bycomputer |
| A. | Inputting |
| B. | Processing |
| C. | Controlling |
| D. | Understanding |
| E. | Thinking |
| Answer» E. Thinking | |
| 33. |
Computers process binary numbers, which are composed of………… |
| A. | 1s and 2s |
| B. | 2s and 4s |
| C. | 1s and 10s |
| D. | 2s and 3s |
| E. | 0s and 1s |
| Answer» D. 2s and 3s | |
| 34. |
Arithmetic operations………. |
| A. | involve matching one data item to another to determine if the first item is greater than, equal to, or less than the other item. |
| B. | sort data items according to standard, predefined criteria in ascending order or descending order |
| C. | use conditions with operators such as AND, OR and NOT |
| D. | include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 35. |
A prewritten program that is said to perform a common task is called an application |
| A. | system software |
| B. | package |
| C. | utilities |
| D. | program |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. utilities | |
| 36. |
_ is an “umbrella” activity that is applied throughout the software engineering process. |
| A. | Debugging |
| B. | Testing |
| C. | Designing |
| D. | Software Quality Assurance |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 37. |
Spool stands for |
| A. | Serial Printer Object Oriented Language |
| B. | Simultaneous Peripheral Output On-Line |
| C. | System Protocol Optimization Outliner |
| D. | Single Program Operating System Operation |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. System Protocol Optimization Outliner | |
| 38. |
‘ITS’ stands for |
| A. | Intelligent Teaching Systems |
| B. | International Tutoring Systems |
| C. | Intelligent Tutoring Systems |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 39. |
A Laptop or Notebook marked 802.11n in its feature, it means device support |
| A. | Bluetooth |
| B. | WiMAX |
| C. | USB |
| D. | Wi-Fi LAN |
| E. | 3G |
| Answer» E. 3G | |
| 40. |
A storage device which is used to store data and information external to the main storage is known as |
| A. | buffer |
| B. | backing storage |
| C. | PROM |
| D. | accumulator |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. PROM | |
| 41. |
Which one of the following is termed acombination input-output device? |
| A. | VDT |
| B. | Keyboard |
| C. | Printer |
| D. | Laser Jet |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Keyboard | |
| 42. |
A GUI is |
| A. | hardware |
| B. | language interpreter |
| C. | software interface |
| D. | an operating system |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. an operating system | |
| 43. |
A………..is the term used when a search engine returns a Web page that matches the search criteria. |
| A. | blog |
| B. | hit |
| C. | link |
| D. | view |
| E. | success |
| Answer» D. view | |
| 44. |
Copying a process from memory to disk to allow space for other processes is called : |
| A. | Swapping |
| B. | Deadlock |
| C. | Demand Paging |
| D. | Page Fault |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Deadlock | |
| 45. |
The process of preparing a floppy diskette for use is called : |
| A. | assembling |
| B. | translating |
| C. | parsing |
| D. | formatting |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 46. |
What is the full-form of ROM? |
| A. | Random Opaque Modulator |
| B. | Relative Overlay Module |
| C. | Real Optical Media |
| D. | Read Only Memory |
| E. | Red Orange Magenta |
| Answer» E. Red Orange Magenta | |
| 47. |
In order to change page margins in a word document |
| A. | Drag the scr ll box on the scroll bars. |
| B. | Delete the margin boundaries on the ruler |
| C. | Right Click on the ruler |
| D. | Drag the margin boundaries on the ruler |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 48. |
The process of converting analog signals into digital signals so they can be processed by a receiving computer is referred to as : |
| A. | modulation |
| B. | demodulation |
| C. | synchronizing |
| D. | digitizing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 49. |
The item required to position a head over the proper track is known as |
| A. | real time |
| B. | access time |
| C. | seek time |
| D. | time sharing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. time sharing | |
| 50. |
QWERTY is used with reference to : |
| A. | Monitor |
| B. | Printer |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Mouse |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Mouse | |